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[[File:BGS Jump.jpg|800px|thumb|right|Jumping through Hyperspace/WitchSpace: [[BGS]] v.2.5.1]]
 
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Hyperspace, also called witchspace, is a dimension through which hyperdrive equipped ships can travel instantaneously from one star system to the other. There are limits to the maximum distance that can be traversed in one jump.
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Hyperspace, also called '''witchspace''', is a dimension through which hyperdrive/witch-space drive equipped ships can travel instantaneously from one star system to the other. There are limits to the maximum distance that can be traversed in one jump.
   
 
In the Oolite fanfiction, a hyperspace jump leaves behind a temporary blue hypercloud, which can be used to track the target system, and through which additional ships can jump to the same system, not using their own [[Quirium]] fuel.
 
In the Oolite fanfiction, a hyperspace jump leaves behind a temporary blue hypercloud, which can be used to track the target system, and through which additional ships can jump to the same system, not using their own [[Quirium]] fuel.
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Hyperspace travel looks like travelling through a tunnel with characteristic white rings around it.
 
Hyperspace travel looks like travelling through a tunnel with characteristic white rings around it.
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One arrives at a ''witchpoint beacon'' at the far end (a variety of [[Buoy (Oolite)|buoy]]).
   
 
== Legends ==
 
== Legends ==
   
It is rumoured that [[Thargoid]]s are able to navigate inside hyperspace.
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It is rumoured that [[Thargoids]] are able to navigate inside hyperspace.
   
Legend has it that the results of a misjump can be disastrous, varying from ending up somewhere in the middle of a sun or interstellar space, to travelling through time, or returning to normal space inside out. A forced misjump is the last resort of the hopeless.
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Legend has it that the results of a '''misjump''' can be disastrous, varying from ending up somewhere in the middle of a sun or interstellar space, to travelling through time, or even returning to normal space turned inside out! A forced misjump is the last resort of the hopeless.
   
 
== Theories ==
 
== Theories ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17299 Inconsistent Language] - Witchspace or Hyperspace?
 
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17299 Inconsistent Language] - Witchspace or Hyperspace?
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*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273405#p273405 witchpoint beacons are in the core game, so they're a thing. What exactly is their purpose? Are they simply markers, or are they perhaps needed for incoming ships to lock onto - no witchpoint beacon, no inbound traffic?]. BB Thread.

Revision as of 11:08, 22 January 2021

Jumping through Hyperspace/WitchSpace: BGS v.2.5.1

Hyperspace, also called witchspace, is a dimension through which hyperdrive/witch-space drive equipped ships can travel instantaneously from one star system to the other. There are limits to the maximum distance that can be traversed in one jump.

In the Oolite fanfiction, a hyperspace jump leaves behind a temporary blue hypercloud, which can be used to track the target system, and through which additional ships can jump to the same system, not using their own Quirium fuel.

Entry and exit of hyperspace are indicated by an unpleasant feeling, which experienced hyperspace travellers become used to.

Hyperspace travel looks like travelling through a tunnel with characteristic white rings around it.

One arrives at a witchpoint beacon at the far end (a variety of buoy).

Legends

It is rumoured that Thargoids are able to navigate inside hyperspace.

Legend has it that the results of a misjump can be disastrous, varying from ending up somewhere in the middle of a sun or interstellar space, to travelling through time, or even returning to normal space turned inside out! A forced misjump is the last resort of the hopeless.

Theories

See Witchspace: possible to exit?, Witchspace Wake, Explanations Wanted & Canon question about the Witchdrive.

OXPs

Jumping through Hyperspace/WitchSpace: BGS v.1.10.9.

Witchdrive Engines

Fuel/Misjump Issues

Extra Fuel Tanks

Changing the jumps

More varieties of Thargoid

Dealing with Thargoids

Fiction

Links